When your customers request it, give them access to the data you’ve received from them
to work toward complying with data protection and privacy regulations. We give you examples of
common customer requests and things to consider. That way, you can determine how best to work
toward complying with the regulations that apply to your company.
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Some laws require you and your company to let customers take their data with them. We’ve
listed a few of the obligations that are important to many companies collecting and processing
their customers’ data.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), European Union
Customer Contracts
If you have customers or users who want to take the data that you’ve received from them,
review these common requests. We’ve provided links to the procedures related to those
requests.
Common Customer Request
Actions to Consider
Things to Consider
A contact on my account left the company and wants to take her information with
her.
Consider which available data format best suits your customer’s or prospect’s
needs.
And if that person no longer wants you to keep the personal data you’ve
collected, you can delete it. See Delete
Records.
If you subscribe to Sales Cloud Einstein and want to export
lead data, you can request data containing past versions. Just contact Salesforce
Customer Support for help.
My prospect decided to not proceed with a potential deal with us. Instead,
she’s working with our competitor.
She asked for the personal data we collected
from her.
Retain a copy for restriction of processing purposes.
Provide a copy for the court order.
For Salesforce Inbox or Einstein Activity Capture, I’d like to give customers
access to email read receipts I received after they opened email from me.
Create a case with Salesforce Customer Support
After you create a case, you'll get access to the read receipts for all email
messages on which the customers were senders or recipients. Then, you can then
provide any of that information to your customers.
I use Salesforce Inbox. One of my users wants to see the feedback on Einstein
email insights that she provided.
Create a case with Salesforce Customer Support
After you create a case, you’ll get access to the feedback provided to Einstein
email insights. Then, you can provide that information to your user.
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